Mergers & Acquisitions
The American Hospital Association (AHA) provides resources on hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions and how consolidation impacts the health care field.
AHA expresses serious concerns about the Federal Trade Commission’s unprecedented attempt to enforce the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) against a Louisiana hospital’s acquisition of three hospitals in the New Orleans area.
Several House and Senate committees will hold hearings this week on a variety of issues that affect hospitals and health systems.
The AHA and its members are committed to promoting affordability and value to advance the health of our patients. Given the hearing’s focus of reducing health care costs, we provide comments on a number of policies aimed at increasing access to quality care at reduced costs.
One of the most important tools that hospitals can use to increase access and quality of care and manage risk and financial pressures are mergers and acquisitions. A range of partnerships, mergers and acquisitions enable hospitals to expand service offerings, broaden networks and access to…
The Department of Justice in February abruptly withdrew three policy statements on health care antitrust enforcement.
In early February 2023, a senior U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) official
abruptly announced that DOJ had withdrawn three longstanding statements of antitrust
enforcement policy in health care (Policy Statements).
The Issue
One of the most important tools that hospitals can use to increase access and quality of care and manage risk and financial pressures are mergers and acquisitions. A range of partnerships, mergers and acquisitions enable hospitals to expand service offerings, broaden networks and…
VillageMD’s recent acquisition of Connecticut-based Starling Physicians group and its 30 locations is significant.
Amazon’s relentless push to become a primary care provider reached a milestone recently when the e-commerce giant completed its acquisition of One Medical for $3.9 billion.
Amazon’s nearly $4 billion investment to advance its health care strategy by acquiring primary care provider One Medical has closed, ending questions about whether the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would file a lawsuit to stop the sale.